Nicely done, what Srapper you got?
Guessing regen or invuln?
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After 8 hours of smashing buttons, I did it. No temps were used, but I did use inspirations on Rommy (not on the nictus tho) as there were no minions left on the map to boost my so needed defence. The nictus really are the toughest part of the damned TF. It took me over 5 hours (and over 30 deaths) to figure the best way to pull and kill'em.
The TF was done over 2 days, as I cba to do it in one sit.
I do have demos of all AVs except Rommy on 3rd map. I'd be happy to post'em after I figure out how to read and convert demos to video format.
I didn't finish the TF as I wanted to - no temps and no insps - but still I'm really happy I could make it. It was a good ride (altough I almost gave up trying to pull the right nictus without aggroing the rest).
Cheers.
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Grats on solo itf!
Looking forward to demo recordings/vids.
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Nicely done, what Srapper you got?
Guessing regen or invuln?
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Thanks. Shattersteel is a DB/Inv scrapper.
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Grats on solo itf!
Looking forward to demo recordings/vids.
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Cheers - I still gotta learn how to convert the demos to video files. Might look into it this weekend if I got the time.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
As i said last night, Gratz!
In my opinion you did a really good job as even teams can have hard time on that last part of ITF.
Whoah. Nice job there! 
I'd never have the patience (or time 
) for that.
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Currently playing as Castigation on Freedom
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Taking Rommy down with just DB! Massive congrats.
That's a fantastic achievement, you deserve many baked goods and pats on the back for it! 
Why thank you DB is nowhere near as bad ST as people advertise it. As I said, I popped insps against Rommy (including reds) but I probably didn't need it - at least not the red ones, I'm sure. After 8 hours I just wanted to finish it because I was afraid the server would go down for maintnence again (it happened the first time I beat the healing and summoning nictus), which would reset the whole mission.
It seems my demos won't show the UI of the game, but I can still post it. You won't be able to see my HP or the AVs tho From now on I'll use Wegame.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
Nice work mate.
As stated DB is not exactly teh suxor. Shread monkey is case in point.
Here's the fight against Requiem (3rd mission):
Shattersteel vs Requiem
I am really dissapointed with demorecord as it doesn't show the interface (nor the sound, apparently). After uploading and seeing the video myself, I found it quite boring as you can't see my HP going up and down, my end bar nearly crashing, or how fast Requiem was losing HP or regenerating. It just takes away all the drama of the fight. From now on I'll be using Wegame for demo purposes.
Anyway, that's the first fight. It went smoothly. All I had to do was to be sure that I always had enough HP to survive a possible hit of Shadow Maul (it hurts A LOT).
EDIT: Also the quality of the video and the camera angle weren't the best. Guess I still have a lot to learn when it comes to demo/video recording. I'll try and do a better job next time.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
Doesn't one of the Nictus have an autohit PBAoE doing something around 700 damage every 10 seconds? I remember something like this from doing the ITF with my SR scrapper. Last 5 to 10 ITFs I've done with ranged ATs so don't know if it has been changed.
If it hasn't, did you just avoid the ~70 DPS coming from that by clever footwork?
- @DSorrow - alts on Union and Freedom mostly -
Currently playing as Castigation on Freedom
My Katana/Inv Guide
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. -Einstein
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Doesn't one of the Nictus have an autohit PBAoE doing something around 700 damage every 10 seconds? I remember something like this from doing the ITF with my SR scrapper. Last 5 to 10 ITFs I've done with ranged ATs so don't know if it has been changed.
If it hasn't, did you just avoid the ~70 DPS coming from that by clever footwork?
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It took me quite a while to figure out how to beat this one. The auto-hit Nictus uses a PbAoE of negative energy every 5-6 seconds. As I got some resistance against that type of damage, it would only hit me for 481dmg.
Now, the whole fight felt a bit like I was dancing with the Nictus. I had to control the timing so I could kite in and out of the PbAoE radius in order to avoid the damage while not hurting my DPS too much. Sometimes I had to let it step my foot to max out my DPS.
So, basically, what I had to do was charge as much as I could when DP was up (here my regeneration rate helped a lot) so I could max out my DPS and take the most out of the stacked Blinding Feint.
The whole fight you have to be aware of a few things:
- The distance between the Nictus and Rommy. If it is too far away, the Nictus will run back to Rommy. If it is too close, Rommy will aggro and you're doomed. I find the perfect distance to be either right inside or outside the big circle on the floor.
- If you kite too far away, the Nictus will run back to Rommy.
- If you kite too close to Rommy, he'll aggro.
- If you kite out of the radius too soon, the Nictus might run away.
- Lag/wireless is bad for you.
Here's the demos of the whole fight:
Shattersteel vs Auto-hit Nictus (Part 1)
Shattersteel vs Auto-hit Nictus (Part 2)
Again, having no interface takes away all the intensity of the fight. I was really close from dying 3-4 times. Also, I almost lost the aggro once - which would get me killed and by the time I got back from hossie the Nictus would've regen about 25% of its HP.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
That's fairly impressive, I find the TF a bore on a team, Solo it would be a true challenge of my patience. To still be able to think your way around problems against the last AV is impressive
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The jumping in and out of the pbaoe every so often is something that you can do with other AVs. Some powers are used like they are on timers. Ghost Widows Dark Regeneration can be predicted and scrappers can clear the area just before then hop back in.
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I'm planning on doing it again this weekend, this time with absolutely no insps and decent demos. The thing is, I've been testing Wegame and it doesn't seem to be capturing sound - anyone knows why?
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
http://www.wegame.com/help/
Some possible reasons why it doesnt record sounds.
A hearty congrats to you, good sir! Fine work!
I remember making it all the way to the end of the ITF and having to give up in disgust... couldn't pull the bleddy Nicti(?) off Rommy.
The kicker? I was on a team...
So much fail.
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http://www.wegame.com/help/
Some possible reasons why it doesnt record sounds.
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Sorted. Thanks.
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A hearty congrats to you, good sir! Fine work!
I remember making it all the way to the end of the ITF and having to give up in disgust... couldn't pull the bleddy Nicti(?) off Rommy.
The kicker? I was on a team...
So much fail.
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Thank you! I took my time figuring out how to pull it. But then again, my goal was to solo the TF so I really had to keep trying.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
I get sound when replaying demo files. But no UI... though I could have sworn that an option existed to show it. 
After 8 hours of smashing buttons, I did it. No temps were used, but I did use inspirations on Rommy (not on the nictus tho) as there were no minions left on the map to boost my so needed defence. The nictus really are the toughest part of the damned TF. It took me over 5 hours (and over 30 deaths) to figure the best way to pull and kill'em.
The TF was done over 2 days, as I cba to do it in one sit.
I do have demos of all AVs except Rommy on 3rd map. I'd be happy to post'em after I figure out how to read and convert demos to video format.
I didn't finish the TF as I wanted to - no temps and no insps - but still I'm really happy I could make it. It was a good ride (altough I almost gave up trying to pull the right nictus without aggroing the rest).
Cheers.
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]